Emil Cioran Quotes
Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.
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If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.
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In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the family store.
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I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
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Because of the Turing completeness theory, everything one Turing-complete language can do can theoretically be done by another Turing-complete language, but at a different cost. You can do everything in assembler, but no one wants to program in assembler anymore.
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I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.
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I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.
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There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
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I miss my family and friends from Cali a lot. I also miss late-night business hours, hiking in the Sierra Nevada, and house boating in Gold Country. But in Ohio, housing is cheaper, everything is green year-round, and we get glorious thunderstorms. In California, I lived in a place that was infested with black widow spiders.
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I would go and see loads of films all in one go and they'd start to merge together. It was a bit sad, really. I'd have to see it again.
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Where are my sensations? They have melted into... me, and what is this me, this self, but the sum of these evaporated sensations?
